Tucked away in Brooklyn’s Gravesend neighbourhood, where residents enjoy a more laid back lifestyle away from the hustle and bustle of Manhattan, is this 1930s-era house, now home to a lively family of seven. The challenge for its designer, Charles Cohen, was in creating a space that worked both for the many needs of its various inhabitants - this is a family that likes sport, dance, baking, reading and more - as well as having the kind of crafted, contemporary look the owners were after.
Local to the area, the couple - James, who works in a family-owned business that manufactures and imports clothing, and Linda, who is a children’s book author - have five children ranging in age from two- to 16-years-old. ‘Being a large family in New York City, where good real estate is expensive and hard to come by, it was important for James and Linda to have their new home accommodate not only their day-to-day lives, but also afford them the space to entertain and host frequent family gatherings, friends, and children’s parties,’ says Charles.
